Atom Michelson Interferometer on a Chip Using a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Atom Michelson Interferometer on a Chip Using a Bose-Einstein Condensate
An atom Michelson interferometer is implemented on an ``atom chip.'' The chip uses lithographically patterned conductors and external magnetic fields to produce and guide a Bose-Einstein condensate. Splitting, reflecting, and recombining of condensate atoms are achieved by a standing-wave light field having a wave vector aligned along the atom waveguide. …